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Celebrate Sleep Awarness Week with a Night at the Carnival
Join us for a fun-filled night of carny games and great company!
7 PM Thursday, March 11, 2010
Raffle Prizes • Surprise Entertainment • 2 Hour Open Bar
Carnival presented by Bowlmor, 110 University Place, NYC Directions
Raise Awareness of Narcolepsy, Sleep Disorders and the Importance of Sleep in Your Community!
Sunday, March 7, 2010 kicks off National Sleep Awareness Week® (NSAW®) 2010, an event sponsored by the National Sleep Foundation (NSF). This week of awareness concludes just hours before Daylight Savings time begins, when clocks are moved ahead one hour on Sunday, March 14. Since this time change occurs at 2 A.M., when most of us are asleep, we usually take that lost hour from our night’s sleep. More …
Suddenly Sleepy Saturday – Narcolepsy Awareness Day
Narcolepsy Network has proclaimed Saturday, March 13, 2010 “Suddenly Sleepy Saturday – Narcolepsy Awarenes Day“. Spread awareness in your community . . .
Great Loss to the Narcolepsy Community
Saturday, February 6, 2010 The narcolepsy community has lost one of its great champions, Robert W. Clark, M.D., F.A.A.N., D’ABSM. He died after surgery earlier in the week at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. Clark was 63 years old. More . . .
NY Times Gives Voice to Narcoleptics
About 50,000 people have been diagnosed with narcolepsy in the U.S, but there may be as many as 2.4 million people unknowingly living with it. Narcolepsy causes excessive daytime sleepiness, fatigue and even sudden muscular weakness, known as cataplexy. Here, six men and women speak about living with narcolepsy… Full Story
Medication Recall
Barr Laboratories, Inc. has issued a voluntary recall of a generic amphetamine medication used to treat Narcolepsy. Visit the FDA’s web site for full information.
Cephalon Announces the Availability of NUVIGIL
Today Cephalon announced that NUVIGIL, a longer-lasting formulation of modafinil, has become available. NUVIGIL is indicated to improve wakefulness throughout the day for the millions of patients who struggle with excessive sleepiness associated with treated obstructive sleep apnea, shift work disorder and narcolepsy. View Cephalon’s Press Release.
Research Confirms Narcolepsy Is an Autoimmune Disorder
Ground-breaking research published in Nature Genetics on Sunday, May 3, 2009 proves what has long been suspected: the immune system plays a key role in the development of narcolepsy. Full story.
Radio Interview with NN Trustee
Mali Einen, NN Trustee and Clinical Researach Coordinator at Stanford University’s Center for Narcolepsy, speaks with 1580AM. Listen to the full interview .
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Date Created: February 17th, 2010
Last Updated: March 22nd, 2010
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